Well, here’s one result of our Prime Ministers playing ‘pass-the-leadership’ that we didn’t see coming:
Thanks to our country’s quick succession of PMs – Rudd–Gillard–Rudd–Abbott–Turnbull in five years – paramedics are no longer able to rely on the question “Who’s our Prime Minister?” to assess a patient’s mental status. The times we live in, hey?
As the Courier Mail reports, some paramedics are avoiding the question altogether.
“We would ask patients that question because it gave us an idea of their conscious level and ability to recall events,” said Greg Abood, paramedic and realist. “But the country’s prime ministers are changing so often, it’s no longer a good indication of their mental status.”
One patient, when asked to name the prime minister, simply replied: “I haven’t watched the news today.”
Meanwhile, Australia, we’re pretty much up for a new Prime Minister every 12 months or 10,000 angry tweets, whichever comes first, so next year’s September election sounds about right.
via Courier Mail.
